December 7, 2016 - Professors Lia Addadi and Steve Weiner of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Structural Biology Department have published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that show how sea urchins construct their spines with packets of ...

December 6, 2016 - Ran Raz, in the Department of Computer Science, will join the faculty in winter 2017 from the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he has been on the faculty since 1994. Raz earned his B.S. and Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a ...

December 5, 2016 - Professors Lia Addadi and Steve Weiner of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Structural Biology Department asked this question about sea urchins, which need to extract quite a few calcium ions from sea water to build their spines. ... Institute ...

December 5, 2016 - Here's a reason not to peel tomatoes: A new method of plant analysis, developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science, has identified healthful antioxidants in tomato skins. In fact, as reported recently in Nature Communications, ... When the ...

December 5, 2016 - A promising new combination therapy for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer has been identified by Weizmann Institute scientists, as was recently reported in Cancer Research. ... Sima Lev, postdoctoral fellows Drs. Nandini Verma and Anna ...

November 29, 2016 - As reported today in Nature, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have shown in mice that intestinal microbes -- collectively termed the gut microbiome -- play an unexpectedly important role in exacerbated post-dieting weight gain, and that ...

November 27, 2016 - Researchers at the Rehovot institute showed that intestinal microbes – collectively termed the gut microbiome – play an unexpectedly important role in exacerbated post-dieting weight gain and that this common phenomenon may in the future be prevented ...

November 15, 2016 - Yale researchers have partnered with scientists at the Jackson Laboratory, the University of Connecticut and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel to form the Metabolic Research Alliance to study metabolic diseases, such as diabetes and obesity.

November 8, 2016 - Yale University freshman Nicole Odzer of North Miami Beach followed in her mother and sister's footsteps when she conducted scientific research in Israel this summer. Odzer, 18, spent four weeks at Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel for ...

December 2, 2016 - "In a developed market, you are competing with cheaper forms of conventional power generation, such as gas and also hydro. Energy storage costs still have some way to come down for a hybrid plant like Kennedy Energy Park to be competitive," he said.

December 1, 2016 - SEATTLE - When firefighter paramedics Morlon Malveaux and Mark Pedeferri learned that their powerhorse diesel ambulance was going to be traded for a gas-powered hybrid they were more than a little concerned. The two, who run a Medic One rig ...